Weightlifting at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's 85 kg

Men's 85 kg at the Games of the XXIX Olympiad
Venue	Beihang University Gymnasium
Date	15 August
Competitors	21 from 19 nations
Medalists
Lu Yong  China Tigran Martirosyan  Armenia Jadier Valladares  Cuba

Main article: Weightlifting at the 2008 Summer Olympics

The men's 85 kilograms weightlifting event was the fifth men's event at the weightlifting competition, limiting competitors to a maximum of 85 kilograms of body mass. The whole competition took place on August 15, but was divided in two parts due to the number of competitors. Group B weightlifters competed at 10:00, and Group A, at 19:00. This event was the seventh Weightlifting event to conclude.

Each lifter performed in both the snatch and clean and jerk lifts, with the final score being the sum of the lifter's best result in each. The athlete received three attempts in each of the two lifts; the score for the lift was the heaviest weight successfully lifted.

Tie-breaking rules determined the winner. Andrei Rybakou of Belarus it seemed set a world record. He lost out in the gold medal as Lu Yong of China tied this but weighed in slightly lighter – and per Olympic rules, the lighter lifter won. The record rules first meant the earliest lifter's mark counted as to record entries, but Rybakou's world (and Olympic) records were later annulled due to doping.

Schedule

All times are China Standard Time (UTC+08:00)

Date	Time	Event
15 August 2008	10:00	Group B
	19:00	Group A

Records

Prior to this competition, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows.

World Record	Snatch	Andrei Rybakou (BLR)	187 kg	Chiang Mai, Thailand	22 September 2007
	Clean & Jerk	Zhang Yong (CHN)	218 kg	Ramat Gan, Israel	25 April 1998
	Total	Andrei Rybakou (BLR)	393 kg	Chiang Mai, Thailand	22 September 2007
Olympic Record	Snatch	Olympic Standard	180 kg	—	1 January 1997
	Clean & Jerk	Olympic Standard	215 kg	—	1 January 1997
	Total	Olympic Standard	392 kg	—	1 January 1997

Results

Rank	Athlete	Group	Body weight	Snatch (kg)				Clean & Jerk (kg)				Total
				1	2	3	Result	1	2	3	Result
	Lu Yong (CHN)	A	84.41	175	180	183	180	208	214	214	214	394
	Tigran Martirosyan (ARM)	A	83.78	172	177	180	177	203	203	206	203	380
	Jadier Valladares (CUB)	A	84.84	161	166	169	169	198	198	203	203	372
4	Benjamin Hennequin (FRA)	A	84.55	157	162	162	162	196	201	205	205	367
5	Mansurbek Chashemov (UZB)	A	84.71	165	165	169	165	195	199	202	202	367
6	Kendrick Farris (USA)	B	84.14	153	157	160	160	195	195	202	202	362
7	Carlos Andica (COL)	B	84.62	155	160	160	155	190	195	201	201	356
8	Ulanbek Moldodosov (KGZ)	B	84.74	152	160	160	152	182	190	194	194	346
9	Ondrej Kutlík (SVK)	B	84.89	150	155	155	150	186	191	193	193	343
10	Benedict Uloko (NGR)	B	84.97	144	148	151	148	187	187	191	191	339
11	Brice Batchaya (CMR)	B	82.77	150	153	155	153	180	185	185	180	333
12	David Katoatau (KIR)	B	84.17	130	130	135	135	170	178	178	178	313
13	Terrence Dixie (SEY)	B	82.67	110	115	115	115	130	140	140	140	255
—	İzzet İnce (TUR)	A	84.29	165	165	170	170	190	—	—	—	—
—	Vadzim Straltsou (BLR)	A	84.37	170	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
—	Rauli Tsirekidze (GEO)	B	84.55	143	143	148	143	—	—	—	—	—
—	Herbys Márquez (VEN)	B	84.91	152	152	152	—	—	—	—	—	—
—	Edgar Gevorgyan (ARM)	A	84.69	170	170	176	176	196	196	196	—	—
DQ	Andrei Rybakou (BLR)	A	84.69	180	185	185	185	200	204	209	209	394
DQ	Vladimir Sedov (KAZ)	A	84.54	170	175	180	180	200	203	203	200	380
DQ	Intigam Zairov (AZE)	A	84.52	160	166	166	166	195	199	199	195	361

• Andrei Rybakou of Belarus originally finished second, but was disqualified after he tested positive for oral turinabol and stanozolol.
• Vladimir Sedov of Kazakhstan originally finished fourth, but was disqualified after he tested positive for stanozolol.
• Intigam Zairov of Azerbaijan originally finished ninth, but was disqualified after he tested positive for doping.

New records

Snatch	185 kg	Andrei Rybakou (BLR)	OR
Total	394 kg 394 kg	Andrei Rybakou (BLR)  Lu Yong (CHN)	WR WR

References

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